Newswise — St. John's University will host three major commencement exercises, two on the Queens campus and the other on our Staten Island campus, to culminate the end of the academic school year. The Queens campus commencement marks its 136th anniversary in 2006. Times, locations and honorees are as follows:
Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.Undergraduate and Graduate CommencementStaten Island CampusGreat Lawn adjacent to the Kelleher Center (outdoors)
"¢ Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., President of St. John's University, will deliver the commencement address"¢ Most Rev. Robert A. Brucato, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and deliver the benediction"¢ Mr. Leon DaSilva, Business Entrepreneur, to receive the Gold Medal"¢ Josephine Pacini, Retired Educator, to receive the President's Medal
Approximately 362 graduates and graduate students will receive degrees at this ceremony.
Sunday, May 14, 2006 at NoonUndergraduate and Graduate Commencement Queens Campus Great Lawn (outdoors)
"¢ Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., President of St. John's University, will deliver the commencement address"¢ Most Rev. Alfonso Cabezas Aristizabal, C. M., retired Bishop to the See of Villavicencio, Columbia, and member of the Eastern Province of the Vincentian Community, to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology"¢ Peter D'Angelo, '78MBA, President, Caxton Associates, L.L.C., to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Commercial Science"¢ Richard C. DeZego, Senior Executive Vice President of HSBC Bank, USA, to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Commercial Science"¢ Honorable Helen M. Marshall, President of the Borough of Queens, to receive the President's Medal
Approximately 2,098 graduates and graduate students will receive degrees at this ceremony.
Sunday, June 4, 2006 at NoonSchool of Law Commencement Queens CampusCarnesecca Arena
"¢ Honorable Reinaldo Rivera, '76L, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, and will deliver the commencement address"¢ Maura McLoughlin, Esq., '91L, Managing Attorney, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel LLP., to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
Approximately 314 graduate students will receive degrees at this ceremony.
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